What's the name Bastian gives the Childlike Empress in The NeverEnding Story?
Let's say you're a young kid circa 1984. Not a lot of friends — in fact, bullies often force you to hide inside dumpsters. Not only that, your dad wears suits and has a mustache and just doesn't get you.
What do you do? Try to have a heartfelt talk with Dad? Talk to a school counselor? Get some new sneakers so kids think you're cool?
Nah, you would definitely shoplift a book and hide in your school's attic (do schools have attics?) reading it all day and night.
The NeverEnding Story, honestly, doesn't get enough credit these days. Especially from kids who say things like, "meh, it's fine" or "the effects are really cheesy" when you beg them to watch it and sell them on the idea that it stands the test of time and they'll totally be glad they chose that over a modern MCU movie.
Well, I still think it's great, damn it — but upon a recent viewing, something occurred to me that I had never thought about before: what the hell is Bastian yelling into the wind towards the end?
Let's find out.
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Correct Answer: Moon Child
The answer is: Moon Child. You like books, eh? Let's see how you like THIS book! MWAHAHAHA!Why is that bookstore owner such a jerk, anyway? Regardless, in 1984's The Neverending Story, young Bastian finds out he has more to do with the story of the land of human imagination — Fantasia — than he could have ever dreamed.Yet he hesitates when he's tasked with giving the Childlike Empress a name, which for some reason is the only way to save her and all of Fantasia. Like, just say something dude!Finally, at the last possible moment, he shouts his late mother's name — guess she was a "flower child" if you catch my drift, because that name is Moon Child.It's hard to make out in the movie, but that's what it is, and it's taken right out of the book. Go ahead, try it: MOON CHILD!Source
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